Build Errors with Toolchain

[adojang]

Hello, after the excellent Nordic Techtour yesterday, I decided to try and implement the nordic distance toolbox.

However, my available hardware (52DK) is not supported on the 2.0.2 tag. - Only on the Master branch.

Running on Windows 10, 64bit.

I followed all the instructions here: https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/gs_installing.html

However, when I try to run my project, I'm getting this error:

Executing task: nRF Connect: Generate config nrf52840dk_nrf52840 for c:\Users\Adojang\Desktop\NRF_DEV\nrf_dm_freestanding 

Building nrf_dm_freestanding
west build --build-dir c:\Users\Adojang\Desktop\NRF_DEV\nrf_dm_freestanding\build c:\Users\Adojang\Desktop\NRF_DEV\nrf_dm_freestanding --pristine --board nrf52840dk_nrf52840 -- -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:STRING="NONE" -DBOARD_ROOT:STRING="c:/Users/Adojang/Desktop/NRF_DEV/nrf_dm_freestanding"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\west.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 786, in main
    app.run(argv or sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 101, in run
    self.load_manifest()
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 119, in load_manifest
    self.manifest = Manifest.from_topdir(topdir=self.topdir,
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\manifest.py", line 1105, in from_topdir
    return Manifest(topdir=topdir, config=config,
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\manifest.py", line 1373, in __init__
    self._ctx = self._top_level_init(source_data,
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\manifest.py", line 1715, in _top_level_init
    manifest_path_option = get_option('manifest.path')
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\manifest.py", line 1712, in get_option
    return config.get(option, default=default,
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\configuration.py", line 169, in get
    return self._get(lambda cf: cf.get(option), default, configfile)
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\configuration.py", line 208, in _get
    for cf in self._whence(configfile):
  File "C:\Users\Adojang\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\west\configuration.py", line 229, in _whence
    raise RuntimeError('local configuration file not found')
RuntimeError: local configuration file not found

These guys are in my System Variables

Any ideas what might be wrong?

[adojang]

Hi Dejans, thank you for the response.

I'd love to use the automatic installation guide, but it doesn't support the 2.0.99 version (master / main) that I required for the distance toolbox to run on my 52DK. You can verify this by selecting 2.0.2 - but the build option isn't available there as a recommended board.

Is there a way to do automatic installation for version 2.0.99?

[dejans]

Hi,

The distance measurement with LTE discovery is available for use with NCS v2.0.2. As you can see from the sample's README file, nRF52-DK (PCA10040) is supported. Sample should be built for the nrf52dk_nrf52832 board.

Best regards,
Dejan

[adojang]

Ah my apologies, I meant the nRF5340 DK.

The 52DK programs nicely, but the option for the 53 is missing, since 2.0.2 doesn't support it, only the latest version.

[adojang]

My solution took half a day, but for anyone else coming across this issue, the solution for me was to do a complete reinstall of everything nRF, and to roll back my VS Code extension to 2022.6.142. (The latest one was partially to blame for some of the errors)